Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-09-10

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from different parts of Choteau and Lew
is and Clarke were read. Mr.. Taylor
claimed that one petition signed by j. +.
Taylor and twenty others was a forgery,
as he had not siened it and there is no
oiI.t-s g,ersoa of that name except himself.
a number of kilograms signed by the bus
mess men of Great Falls were read. All
were in favor of Cascade.
SELECT COMMITTEE REPORTS.
The county select committee who have
the Cascade county under consideration
consisted of the members from Choteau,
Lewis s Clarke and Neagher. They pre-
sented a minority and majority report.
The majority recommended that the bill
rs amended do pass, and was signed by
Messrs. Taylor. Gorham, Titman and Ka-
mouse. The minority report was against
the passage of the bill in any form and
was signed by Messrs. Muth and Buskett.
The amendments changed the boundaries
by making the Dearborn river the south
ern boundary line; substituting the name
of C. P Downing for that of Geo. STEEL.
for the office of sheriff, and gave Meagher
county $4,000 instead of $1,000, as por
ton of the debt assumed.
IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Mr.. Muth moved that the bill amend
ments and reports be placed on general
orders.
Mr.. Taylor amended the motion by
moving that the amendments be adopted.
Mr.. Muth stated that no provision was
made in the bill for the payment of the
debt of the portion of the county taken
from Lewis and Clark. ..e=
Mr.. Taylor said the officers of Lewis
and Clarke had stated to the councilman
from that county, that the northern port
ion of Lewis and Clarke owed the balance
of the county nothing as Lewis and
Clarke's assets were far in excess Of her
liabilities
Mr.. Brown of Beaverheai made a
vigorous protest against Mr. Taylor's
amendment He said that he wished to
throw nothing in the way of the machinery
or the axle grease that was running the
bill But he wanted time to know what
he was about; that he believed the bin
had merits. but also thought the people
wlao had sllowered in kilograms had their
rights. lie agreed that the bill should
take the usual course to give time for fair
and Just consideration. He wanted to see
a map. so he could see the boundaries as
amended she wanted to vote intelligently
and not at the beck of big men with
thousands in their pockets. No Broad
water, Power, Great Falls, or the Missouri
river could influence his vote. He said
this assembly had been looked upon by
the public as a sat of asses, meeting sec
ond time to rectify the mistakes of thel last
session, and if matters were SO hurridly
considered they might be open TO sharp
criticism.
Mr.. Taylor withdrew his amendment
and Mr.. Muth's motion was carried. The
bill then went on general orders to be con-
sidered in the committee of the whc1e.
A telegram was received from Ft, Ben
ton against the divisiyn of Choteau coun-
ty; also a protest from Jas.
W. Gray and twenty others of Great Falls
against division. No such person or pro-
test has been heard of in this city.-ED.l
The house then went into a committee of
the whole. The Cascade county bill was
then taken up and read by sections. The
special committee to whom it had been
referred reported it with amendments.
Mr.. Muth on behalf of Lewis & Clarke,
moved to amend by making the boundary
on the principal meridian, and then down
the Missouri river, and making the north
ern boundary along township % and %
north range west, leaving that portion
still in Lewis s. Clarke, whose inhabit-
ants desired to remain in. that county, and
giving Cascade twelve more townships
than the bill calls for. The amendment
would leave Sun River and the surround
ing country still in Lewis & Clarke.
Mr.. Taylor objected to any change from
the bill.
Mr.. Page thought Fort Shaw and Sun
River should naturally 60 to the new
county.
Mr.. Brown said he was not one of those
who cried against Helena because she
held her head little higher than the rest
OF Montana.
The question of Mr.. Muth's amendment
being put it was lost. The original
amendment was adopted. Amendments to
sections and were adopted and these
sections and section were adopted. Mr..
Buskett moved that the bill do not take
effect until December, 1888 and that the
officers be chosen at the general election
of 1883. This amendment was rejected
and the section was adopted. Sections Z
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